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Medford Main Street Project Sparks Community Debate on Safety, Mobility, and Sustainability
MassDOT is redesigning a high-crash intersection in downtown Medford; however, their plans currently include preserving an outdated highway overpass whose ramps are the the site of many of the crashes in the area.
June 28, 2024
Eyes On the Street: ‘Clippership Connector’ Comes Together in Downtown Medford
This summer, workers are building a missing link in the network of Mystic River waterfront greenways that will bring the the network of riverfront paths into downtown Medford.
June 3, 2024
Gov. Healey Adds $24 Million for Trail Projects from Pandemic Relief Funds
Earlier this week, the Healey-Driscoll administration announced a new round of investment to advance regional trail projects with a focus on environmental justice communities.
December 21, 2023
Safety Advocates Set Their Sights On Medford’s Mystic Mess
On Wednesday evening, street safety advocates from WalkMedford will host their State House delegation for a "Walk and Talk" event along the Mystic Valley Parkway to discuss ways to reclaim their riverfront parkland from the fields of asphalt that have paved over acres of the city's riverfront.
May 31, 2023
Opening Day: The Green Line Arrives In Medford
The pre-dawn opening brought out hundreds of transit enthusiasts – including many Tufts students – to the new stations along the line on Monday morning.
December 12, 2022
MBTA Board Updates: Green Line to Medford Will Open Dec. 12
At today's monthly MBTA board of directors meeting, T officials announced that the Medford branch of the new Green Line Extension project would finally open next month.
November 17, 2022
Bluebikes Expands to Downtown Medford and Malden
A total of six new bikesharing docks are scheduled to open as part of the expansion.
October 18, 2022
On Alewife Brook Parkway, Organizing (and Adjusting Traffic Signals) for a Slower, Safer Street
The "walk and talk" event on Wednesday evening brought out dozens of neighborhood advocates, including Somerville city councilors, local transportation engineers from the public and private sectors, state Rep. Christine Barber, and state Sen. Patricia Jehlen.
June 2, 2022
Arlington Makes Plans to Connect Minuteman, Mystic River Paths
The Town of Arlington is soliciting feedback on a possible new multi-use path that would connect the Alewife Brook Greenway to Arlington Center and the Minuteman Bike Path along the Mystic River waterfront.
April 4, 2022
MassDOT Shares Early Concepts for Taming Wellington Circle
Local stakeholders in an advisory working group expressed a desire to see less asphalt and fewer lanes through the intersections in MassDOT's proposed designs.
January 6, 2022
